{"id":"CVE-2012-1429","aliases":["EUVD-2012-1454","GHSA-332c-xwph-rhqj"],"status":"published","title":"The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1,...","description":"The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location.  NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.91932,"percentile":0.99819,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-264"],"published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:30Z","products":[{"vendor":"aladdin","product":"esafe"},{"vendor":"comodo","product":"comodo_antivirus"},{"vendor":"emsisoft","product":"anti-malware"},{"vendor":"f-secure","product":"f-secure_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"ikarus","product":"ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"gateway"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"scan_engine"},{"vendor":"nprotect","product":"nprotect_antivirus"},{"vendor":"softwin","product":"bitdefender"}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1429"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-332c-xwph-rhqj"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1429","description":"The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location.  NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T18:53:37.509Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:52.27879Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2012-1454","description":"The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location.  NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T18:53:37Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:17.940678Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-332c-xwph-rhqj","title":"The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1,...","description":"The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location.  NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T01:48:19Z","modified":"2023-02-03T05:05:24Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:53:44.391187Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1429","description":"The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location.  NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:11:47.55Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:30.833Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-264"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:13.901526Z"}]}}